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Jul 14, 2017 · Butler’s bold call-to-action starts with the need to abolish the principle known as The Chokehold, which is the popular assumption that all black men are dangerous, and must therefore be...
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Jul 20, 2017 · Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler discusses his new book, "Chokehold: Policing Black Men." Butler's explosive new book takes a controversial look at how...
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On the third anniversary of #TamirRice's murder by police, a reminder that existing while Black is often a fatal offense in America. #BlackLivesMatterFormer...
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May 26, 2020 · Four US police officers have been fired after footage emerged showing a black man pleading as a white policeman knelt on his neck.Video shows one of the offi...
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Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a ...
July 17, 2017 marks three years since Eric Garner was killed in a taped altercation with the NYPD that stunned the nation. To mark this somber occasion, Geor...
Aug 10, 2017 · How does the chokehold, particularly as it responds to and controls black men, work? It operates via a two-step process. The chokehold begins by socially and legally construing black men, writ large, as inherently criminal, or at least as having a deeply rooted impulse for criminality.
